The oculomotor role of the pontine nuclei and the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2006, Pages 293-320

  Thier, Peter ^a   Möck, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONS NUCLEUS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 26444523112     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(05)51010-0     Document Type: Review

References (118)

1. R.A. Andersen, R.M. Bracewell, S. Barash, J.W. Gnadt, and L. Fogassi Eye position effects on visual, memory, and saccade-related activity in areas LIP and 7a of macaque J. Neurosci. 10 4 1990 1176 1196
2. J. Baker, A. Gibson, M. Glickstein, and J. Stein Visual cells in the pontine nuclei of the cat J. Physiol. 255 1976 415 433
3. S. Barash, R.M. Bracewell, L. Fogassi, J.W. Gnadt, and R.A. Andersen Saccade-related activity in the lateral intraparietal area I. Temporal properties; comparison with area 7a J. Neurophysiol. 66 3 1991 1095 1108
4. S. Barash, R.M. Bracewell, L. Fogassi, J.W. Gnadt, and R.A. Andersen Saccade-related activity in the lateral intraparietal area (LIP) II. Spatial properties J. Neurophysiol. 66 3 1991 1109 1124
5. D. Boussaoud, R. Desimone, and L.G. Ungerleider Subcortical connections of visual areas MST and FST in macaques Vis. Neurosci. 9 1992 291 302
6. P. Brodal The corticopontine projection in the rhesus monkey. Origin and principles of organization Brain. 101 1978 251 283
7. P. Brodal The pontocerebellar projection in the rhesus monkey: an experimental study with retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase Neurosci. 4 1979 193 208
8. P. Brodal The projection from the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis to the cerebellum of the rhesus monkey Exp. Brain Res. 38 1980 29 36
9. P. Brodal The cortical projection to the nucleus reticularis tegmenti ponits in the rhesus monkey Exp. Brain Res. 38 1980 19 27
10. P. Brodal Further observations on the cerebellar projections from the pontine nuclei and the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis in the rhesus monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 204 1982 44 55
11. P. Brodal, and J.G. Bjaalie Organization of the pontine nuclei Neurosci. Res. 13 1992 83 118
12. K. Brodmann Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde in ihren Prinzipien dargestellt auf Grund des Zellenbaues 1909 Barth Leipzig
13. C.J. Bruce, and M.E. Goldberg Primate frontal eye fields. I.Single neurons discharging before saccades J. Neurophysiol. 53 3 1985 603 635
14. C.J. Bruce, and M.E. Goldberg Primate frontal eye fields. II. Physiological and anatomical correlates of electrically evoked eye movements J. Neurophysiol.11111 54 3 1985 714 734
15. J.A. Büttner-Ennever, B. Cohen, A.K. Horn, and H. Reisine Efferent pathways of the nucleus of the optic tract in monkey and their role in eye movements J. Comp. Neurol. 373 6 1996 90 107
16. J.A. Büttner-Ennever, A.K.E. Horn, V. Henn, and B. Cohen Projections from the superior colliculus motor map to omnipause neurons in the monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 413 1999 55 67
17. L. Cazin, J. Lannou, and W. Precht An electrophysiological study of pathways mediating optokinetic responses to the vestibular nucleus in the rat Exp. Brain Res 54 1984 337 348
18. M.H. Cooper, and C.A. Fox The basilar pontine gray in the adult monkey (Macaca mulatta): a Golgi study J. Comp. Neurol. 168 1976 145 178
19. W.F. Crandall, and E.L. Keller Visual and oculomotor signals in nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis in alert monkey J. Neurophysiol. 54 1985 1326 1345
20. P.W. Dicke, and S. Barash Single-neuron evidence for a contribution of the dorsal pontine nuclei to both types of target-directed eye movements, saccades and smooth-pursuit Eur. J. Neurosci.11111 19 3 2004 609 624
21. P.W. Dicke, and P. Their The role of cortical area MST in a model of combined smooth eye-head pursuit Biol. Cybern. 80 1999 71 84
22. C. Distler, M.J. Mustari, and K.P. Hoffmann Cortical projections to the nucleus of the optic tract and dorsal terminal nucleus and to the dorsolateral pontine nucleus in macaques: a dual retrograde tracing study J. Comp. Neurol. 444 2002 144 158
23. M.R. Dürsteler, and R.H. Wurtz Pursuit and optokinetic deficits following chemical lesions of cortical areas MT and MST J. Neurophysiol. 60 3 1988 940 965
24. M.R. Dürsteler, R.H. Wurtz, and W.T. Newsome Directional pursuit deficits following lesions of the foveal representation within the superior temporal sulcus of the macaque monkey J. Neurophysiol. 57 5 1987 1262 1287
25. D. Ferrier The functions of the brain 1876 Smith, Elder & Co. London
26. W. Fries Pontine projection from striate and prestriate visual cortex in the macaque monkey: an anterograde study Vis. Neurosci. 4 1990 205 216
27. K. Fukushima, T. Sato, J. Fukushima, Y. Shinmei, and C.R.S. Kaneko Activity of smooth pursuit-related neurons in the monkey periarcuate cortex during pursuit and passive whole-body rotation J. Neurophysiol. 83 2000 563 587
28. K. Fukushima, T. Yamanobe, Y. Shinmei, and J. Fukushima Predictive responses of peri-arcuate pursuit neurons of visual target motion Exp. Brain Res. 145 1 2002 104 120
29. K. Fukushima, T. Yamanobe, Y. Shinmei, J. Fukushima, S. Kurkin, and B.W. Peterson Coding of smooth eye movements in three-dimensional space by frontal cortex Nature 419 2002 157 161
30. P.D. Gamlin, and R.J. Clarke Single-unit activity in the primate nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis related to vergence and ocular accommodation J. Neurophysiol. 73 5 1995 2115 2119
31. B. Gaymard, C. Pierrot-Deseilligny, S. Rivaud, and S. Velut Smooth pursuit eye movement deficits after pontine nuclei lesions in humans J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 56 1993 799 807
32. N.M. Gerrits, and J. Voogd The topographical organization of climbing and mossy fiber afferents in the flocculus and ventral paraflocculus in the rabbit, cat and monkey Exp. Brain Res. Suppl. 17 1987 26 29
33. R.A. Giolli, K.M. Gregory, D.A. Suzuki, R.H.I. Blanks, F. Lui, and K.F. Betelak Cortical and subcortical afferents to the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basal pontine nuclei in the macaque monkey Vis. Neurosci. 18 2001 725 740
34. M. Glickstein, and J. Voogd Lodewijk Bolk and the comparative anatomy of the cerebellum Trends Neurosci. 18 1995 206 210
35. M. Glickstein, J.G. May III, and B.E. Mercier Corticopontine projection in the macaque: the distribution of labelled cortical cells after large injections of horseradish peroxidase in the pontine nuclei J. Comp. Neurol. 235 1985 343 359
36. M. Glickstein, N. Gerrits, I. Kralj-Hans, B. Mercier, J. Stein, and J. Voogd Visual pontocerebellar projections in the macaque J. Comp. Neurol. 349 1994 51 72
37. J.P. Gottlieb, M.G. MacAvoy, and C.J. Bruce Neural responses related to smooth-pursuit eye movements and their correspondence with electrically elicited smooth eye movements in the primate frontal eye field J. Neurophysiol. 72 1994 1634 1653
38. J.K. Harting Descending pathways from the superior colliculus: an autoradiographic analysis in the rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta) J. Comp. Neurol. 173 1977 583 612
39. K. Hartmann-von Monakow, K. Akert, and H. Künzle Projection of precentral, premotor and prefrontal cortex to the basilar pontine gray and to nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis in the monkey (Macaca fascicularis) Arch. Suisses Neurol. Neurochirurg. Psychol. 129 1981 189 208
40. S.J. Heinen Single neuron activity in the dorsomedial frontal cortex during smooth pursuit eye movement Exp. Brain Res. 104 1995 357 361
41. M.F. Huerta, L.A. Krubitzer, and J.H. Kaas Frontal eye field as defined by intracortical microstimulation in squirrel monkeys, owl monkeys, and macaque monkeys: I. Subcortical connections J. Comp. Neurol. 253 1986 415 439
42. U.J. Ilg, and P. Thier Visual tracking neurons in primate area MST are activated by smooth-pursuit eye movements of an "imaginary" target J. Neurophysiol. 90 2003 1489 1502
43. J. Jansen, and A. Brodal Aspects of cerebellar Anatomy 1954 Forlagt Johan Grundt Tanum Oslo
44. K. Kawano, M. Shidara, and S. Yamane Neural activity in dorsolateral pontine nucleus of alert monkey during ocular following responses J. Neurophysiol. 67 1992 680 703
45. K. Kawano, M. Shidara, Y. Watanabe, and S. Yamane Neural activity in cortical area MST of alert monkey during ocular following responses J. Neurophysiol. 71 6 1994 2305 2324
46. K. Kawano, Y. Inoue, A. Takemura, T. Kitama, and F.A. Miles A cortically mediated visual stabilization mechanism with ultrashort latency in primates P. Their H.-O. Karnath Parietal lobe contributions to orientation in 3D space 1997 Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
47. E.L. Keller, and W.F. Crandall Neural activity in the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis in the monkey related to eye movements and visual stimulation Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 374 1981 249 261
48. E.L. Keller, and W.F. Crandall Neuronal responses to optokinetic stimuli in pontine nuclei of behaving monkey J. Neurophysiol. 49 1 1983 169 187
49. H. Künzle, and K. Akert Efferent connections of cortical area 8 (frontal eye field) in macaca fascicularis A reinvestigation using the autoradiographic technique. J. Comp. Neurol. 173 1977 147 164
50. T. Langer, A.F. Fuchs, C.A. Scudder, and M.C. Chubb Afferents to the flocculus of the cerebellum in the rhesus macaque as revealed by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase J. Comp. Neurol. 235 1985 1 25
51. O. Larsell The cerebellum of the cat and the monkey J.Comp.Neurol. 99 1953 135 200
52. G.R. Leichnetz Connections of the medial posterior parietal cortex (area 7m) in the monkey Anat. Rec. 263 2001 215 236
53. G.R. Leichnetz, and A. Gonzalo-Ruiz Prearcuate cortex in the cebus monkey has cortical and subcortical connections like the macaque frontal eye field and projects to fastigial-recipient oculomotor-related brainstem nuclei Brain Res. Bull. 41 1996 1 29
54. G.R. Leichnetz, D.J. Smith, and R.F. Spencer Cortical projections to the paramedian tegmental and basilar pons in the monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 228 1984 388 408
55. H.-C. Leung, M. Suh, and R.E. Kettner Cerebellar flocculus and paraflocculus purkinje cell activity during circular pursuit in monkey J. Neurophysiol. 83 2000 13 30
56. M.G. MacAvoy, J.P. Gottlieb, and C.J. Bruce Smooth pursuit eye movement representation in the primate frontal eye field Cereb. Cortex, 1 1 1991 95 102
57. K. Maekawa, T. Takeda, and M. Kimura Neural activity of nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis - the origin of visual mossy fiber afferents to the cerebellar flocculus of rabbits Brain Res. 210 1981 17 30
58. S. Matano, H. Stephan, and G. Baron Volume comparisons in the cerebellar complex of primates I. Ventral pons Folia Primatol. 44 1985 171 181
59. J.H.R. Maunsell, and D.C. Van Essen The connections of the middle temporal visual area (MT) and their relationship to a cortical hierarchy in the macaque monkey J. Neurosci. 3 1983 2563 2586
60. J.G. May, and R.A. Andersen Different patterns of corticopontine projections from separate cortical fields within the inferior parietal lobule and dorsal prelunate gyrus of the macaque Exp. Brain Res. 63 1986 265 278
61. J.G. May, E.L. Keller, and D.A. Suzuki Smooth-pursuit eye movement deficits with chemical lesions in the dorsolateral pontine nucleus of the monkey J. Neurophysiol. 59 3 1988 952 977
62. J.G. May III, and E.L. Keller Recovery from smooth pursuit impairments after successive unilateral and bilateral chemical lesions in the dorsolateral pontine nucleus of the monkey H. Flohr Post-Lesion Neural Plasticity 1988 Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 413 420
63. R.M. McPeek, and E.L. Keller Deficits in trget selection after inactivation of superior colliculus Nat. Neurosci. 7 2004 757 763
64. G.A. Mihailoff Intra- and interhemispheric collateral branching in the rat pontocerebellar system, a fluorescence double-label study Neurosci. 10 1983 141 160
65. F.A. Miles, K. Kawano, and L.M. Optican Short-latency ocular following responses of monkey. I.Dependence on temporospatial properties of visual input J. Neurophysiol. 56 5 1986 1321 1354
66. G. Mower, A. Gibson, F. Robinson, J. Stein, and M. Glickstein Visual pontocerebellar projections in the cat J. Neurophysiol. 43 2 1980 355 366
67. M.J. Mustari, A.F. Fuchs, and J. Wallman Response properties of dorsolateral pontine units during smooth pursuit in the rhesus monkey J. Neurophysiol. 60 2 1988 664 686
68. S. Nagao, T. Kitamura, N. Nakamura, T. Hiramatsu, and J. Yamada Differences of the primate flocculus and ventral paraflocculus in the mossy and climbing fiber input organization J. Comp. Neurol. 382 1997 480 498
69. W.T. Newsome, and R.H. Wurtz Probing visual cortical function with discrete chemical lesions Trends Neurosci. 11 1988 394 399
70. W.T. Newsome, R.H. Wurtz, and H. Komatsu Relation of cortical areas Mt and MST to pursuit eye movements II. Differentiation of retinal from extraretinal inputs J. Neurophysiol. 60 2 1998 604 620
71. H. Noda, and T. Warabi Eye position signals in the flocculus of the monkey during smooth pursuit eye movements J. Physiol. 324 1982 187 202
72. H. Noda, and A. Mikami Discharges of neurons in the dorsal paraflocculus of monkeys during eye movements and visual stimulation J. Neurophysiol. 56 1986 1129 1146
73. H. Noda, and T. Fujikado Topography of the oculomotor area of the vermis in macaque as determined by microstimulation J. Neurophysiol. 58 1987 359 378
74. H. Noda, S. Sugita, and Y. Ikeda Afferent and efferent connections of the oculomotor region of the fastigial nucleus in the macaque monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 302 1990 330 348
75. O. Nyby, and J. Jansen An experimental investigation of the cortico-pontine projection in macaca mulatta Norske Vid. Akad. Avh. I Math. Naturv. 3 1951 31 47
76. J. Olszewski, and D. Baxter Cytoarchitecture of the human brain stem 1954 S. Karger New York
77. S. Ono, V.E. Das, and M.J. Mustari Role of the dorsolateral pontine nucleus in short-term adaptation of the horizontal vestibuloocular reflex J. Neurophysiol. 89 2003 2879 2885
78. W. Precht, and P. Strata On the pathway mediating optokinetic responses in vestibular nuclear neurons Neurosci. 5 1980 777 787
79. D.A. Robinson Control of eye movements J.M. Brookhart V.B. Mountcastle Handbook of Physiology. Section 1: The Nervous System 1981 American Physiol. Soc. Bethesda 1275 1320
80. D.A. Robinson, and A.F. Fuchs Eye movements evoked by stimulation of frontal eye fields J. Neurophysiol. 32 1969 637 648
81. S. Ron, and D.A. Robinson Eye movements evoked by cerebellar stimulation in the alert monkey J. Neurophysiol. 39 1973 1004 1022
82. A. Rosina, L. Provini, M. Bentivoglio, and H.G.J.M. Kuypers Ponto-neocerebellar axonal branching as revealed by double flourescent retrograde labeling technique Brain Res. 195 1980 461 466
83. H. Sakata, H. Shibutani, and K. Kawano Functional properties of visual tracking neurons in posterior parietal association cortex of the monkey J. Neurophysiol. 49 6 1983 1364 1380
84. J. Schlag, and M. Schlag-Rey Unit activity related to spontaneous saccades in frontal dorsomedial cortex of monkey Exp. Brain Res. 58 1985 208 211
85. J. Schlag, and M. Schlag-Rey Evidence for a supplementary eye field J. Neurophysiol. 57 1 1987 179 200
86. J.D. Schmahmann, and D.N. Pandya Projections to the basis pontis from the superior temporal sulcus and superior temporal region in the rhesus monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 308 1991 224 248
87. C. Schwarz, and P. Thier Modular organization of the pontine nuclei in rats: dendritic ields of identified pontine projection neurons respect borders of cortical afferent fields J. Neurosci. 15 1995 3475 3489
88. C. Schwarz, and P. Thier Comparison of projection neurons in the pontine nuclei and the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis of the rat J. Comp. Neurol. 376 1996 403 419
89. C. Schwarz, and M. Möck Spatial arrangement of cerebro-pontine terminals J. Comp. Neurol. 435 2001 418 432
90. U. Schwarz, and F.A. Miles Ocular responses to translation and their dependence on viewing distance. I.Motion of the observer J. Neurophysiol. 66 3 1991 851 864
91. U. Schwarz, C. Busettini, and F.A. Miles Ocular responses to linear motion are inversely proportional to viewing distance Science 245 1989 1394 1396
92. Y. Shinoda, Y. Sugiuchi, and T. Futami Excitatory inputs to cerebellar dentate nucleus neurons form the cerebellar cortex in the cat Exp. Brain Res. 67 1987 299 315
93. Y. Shinoda, Y. Sugiuchi, T. Futami, and R. Izawa Axon collaterals of mossy fibers from the pontine nucleus in the cerebellar dentate nucleus J. Neurophysiol. 67 3 1992 547 560
94. B. Shook, M. Schlag-Rey, and J. Schlag Primate supplementary eye field: I. Comparative aspects of mesencephalic and pontine connections J. Comp. Neurol. 301 1990 618 642
95. G.B. Stanton, M.E. Goldberg, and C.J. Bruce Frontal eye field efferents in the macaque monkey: II.Topography of terminal fields in midbrain and pons J. Comp. Neurol. 271 1988 493 506
96. G.B. Stanton, M.E. Goldberg, and C.J. Bruce Frontal eye field efferents in the macaque monkey: I.Subcortical pathways and topography of striatal and thalamic terminal fields J. Comp. Neurol. 271 1988 473 492
97. S. Sunderland The projection of the cerebral cortex on the pons and cerebellum in the monkey J. Anatom. (Lond) 74 1940 201 226
98. D.A. Suzuki, and E.L. Keller Visual signals in the dorsolateral pontine nucleus of the alert monkey: their relationship to smooth-pursuit eye movements Exp. Brain Res. 53 1984 473 478
99. D.A. Suzuki, and E.L. Keller The role of the posterior vermis of monkey cerebellum in smooth-pursuit eye movement control. II.Target velocity-related Prukinje cell activity J. Neurophysiol. 59 1 1988 19 40
100. D.A. Suzuki, T. Yamada, and R.D. Yee Smooth-pursuit eye-movement-related neuronal activity in macaque nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis J. Neurophysiol. 89 2003 2146 2158
101. D.A. Suzuki, J.G. May, E.L. Keller, and R.D. Yee Visual motion response properties of neurons in dorsolateral pontine nucleus of alert monkey J. Neurophysiol. 63 1 1990 37 59
102. C.-D. Thielert, and P. Thier Patterns of projections from the pontine nuclei and the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis to the posterior vermis in the rhesus monkey: a study using retrograde tracers J. Comp. Neurol. 337 1993 113 126
103. P. Thier, and W. Koehler Morphology, number, and distribution of putative GABA-ergic neurons in the basilar pontine gray of the monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 265 1987 311 322
104. P. Thier, and R.G. Erickson Responses of visual-tracking neurons from cortical area MSTl to visual, eye and head motion Eur. J. Neurosci. 4 1992 539 553
105. P. Thier, and R.G. Erickson Convergence of sensory inputs on cortical area MSTI during smooth pursuit A. Berthoz C. Gielen Multisensory control of movement 1993 Oxford University Press New York 112 127
106. P. Thier, and R.A. Andersen Multiple parietal "eye fields": Insights from electrical microstimulation P. Thier H.O. Karnath Parietal lobe contributions to orientations in 3D space, Experimental Brain Research Series 25 Edition 1997 Springer Tübingen 95 108
107. P. Thier, and R.A. Andersen Electrical microstimulation distinguishes distinct saccade-related areas in the posterior parietal cortex J. Neurophysiol. 80 1998 1713 1735
108. P. Thier, W. Koehler, and U.W. Buettner Neuronal activity in the dorsolateral pontine nucleus of the alert monkey modulatet by visual stimuli and eye movements Exp. Brain Res. 70 1988 496 512
109. P. Thier, A. Bachor, W. Faiss, J. Dichgans, and E. Koenig Imperfect visual tracking eye movements due to an ischemic lesion of the basilar pons Ann. Neurol. 29 1991 443 448
110. J. Tomasch The numerical capacity of the cortico-pontine-cerebellar system Brain Res. 13 1969 476 484
111. R.J. Tusa, and L.G. Ungerleider Fiber pathways of cortical areas mediating smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys Ann. Neurol. 23 1988 174 183
112. L.G. Ungerleider, R. Desimone, T.W. Galkin, and M. Mishkin Subcortical projections of area MT in the macaque J. Comp. Neurol. 223 1984 368 386
113. P.L. Van Kann, J.C. Houk, and A.R. Gibson Output organization of intermediate cerebellum of the monkey J. Neurophysiol. 69 1993 57 73
114. A.J. Van Opstal, K. Hepp, B.J.M. Hess, D. Straumann, and V. Henn Two- rather than three-dimensional representation of saccades in monkey superior colliculus Science 252 1991 1313 1315
115. J. Van Opstal, K. Hepp, Y. Suzuki, and V. Henn Role of monkey nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis in the stabilization of listing′s law J. Neurosci. 16 1996 7284 7296
116. R. Wiesendanger, M. Wiesendanger, and D.G. Rüegg An anatomical investigation of the corticopontine projection in the primate (Macaca fascicularis and Saimiri sciureus). II.The projection from frontal and parietal association areas Neurosci. 4 1979 747 765
117. J. Yamada, and H. Noda Afferent and efferent connections of the oculomotor cerebellar vermis in the macaque monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 265 1987 224 241
118. D.S. Zee, R.J. Tusa, S.J. Herdman, P.H. Butler, and G. Gücer Effects of occipital lobectomy upon eye movements in primate J. Neurophysiol. 58 4 1987 883 907